^Drag0n^ wrote on Sep 3, 2012, 18:55:I suspect that it is less Apple, and more the holders of the media (Sony/Columbia, Virgin, EMI, Capitol, RCA, etc.)

Didn't jobs write an open letter to the music industry calling for an end to DRM?

Gotta admire Bruce....always putting it to the man!

^D^

Jobs? THE Steve Jobs who conspired with publishers to RAISE prices of e-books by 30-40%, just to spite Amazon? That Steve Jobs? You believe he wrote a letter asking Big Content to END DRM?

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Creston

Jobs only let go of DRM when it was absolutely forced by the market. And, when he did it, it was presented as if he had this glorious, consumer-friendly idea, but every other company was already doing this. Apple was the last to hop on board.